Store of value demand, regulatory clarity to drive 2026 bull market: Grayscale
Grayscale said macro pressure and clearer US regulations are setting the stage for crypto’s next bull market in 2026.
Month: December 2025
Lighter DEX launches LIT token with 25% airdrop
The LIT token supply is split evenly between the ecosystem and team/investors, with a portion airdropped to early participants.
Silver overtakes bitcoin on volatility as year-end trading thins
Traders are forcing macro risk through metals rather than crypto, with silver volatility spiking on physical tightness while bitcoin stays trapped in a low-volatility holding pattern.
The TechBeat: The Hidden Cost of AI: Why It’s Making Workers Smarter, but Organisations Dumber (12/30/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## The Hidden Cost of AI: Why It’s Making Workers Smarter, but Organisations Dumber By @yuliiaharkusha [ 8 Min read ] AI … Read more
BlackRock’s BUIDL hits $100M in dividends and passes $2B in assets
BUIDL tokens are used in crypto market infrastructure and as collateral, bridging traditional finance and blockchain technology.
Rep Waters demands SEC oversight hearing about its approach to crypto
Democrat Maxine Waters demands an SEC oversight hearing after the agency dropped major cases against Coinbase, Binance, and other crypto firms.
Bitcoin long-term hodlers finally halt selloff as ETH whales accumulate
Bitcoin selling pressure from long time hodlers is finally abating and Ether whales are adding to their holdings. Markets remain bearish however.
Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about
Meta says it’ll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta’s own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.
ETH, ADA SOL slip as year-end selling lingers as bitcoin traders eye $80,000 to $100,000 range
Asian stocks cooled after a seven-day winning streak, while global equities dipped for the first time in eight sessions.
From Code to Capital: The Tech Architecture Driving the Stablecoin and Tokenization Revolution
In 2024, stablecoin transfer volumes climbed to $27.6 trillion, eclipsing the combined settlement volume of traditional payment providers by more than 7%. This figure represents a fundamental inversion of the financial hierarchy. For years, digital assets were viewed as a speculative fringe market, distinct from the serious machinery of global payments. The data now suggests … Read more
Slop Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Symptom.
When capability outpaces interpretation, quality collapses quietly. The rise of “slop” isn’t a sign that technology has lowered the bar. n It’s a sign that output has outpaced interpretation. Systems can now generate more, faster, and with less friction than ever before. But meaning hasn’t scaled with them. When that happens, quality doesn’t break all … Read more
The $50,000 PDF No One Reads: Why Your Security Audits Are Failing
When was the last time you actually read a penetration test report from cover to cover? Not just the executive summary with the scary red pie charts. Not just the high-level “Critical” findings list. I mean the actual, dense, 200-page PDF that cost your company more than a junior developer’s annual salary. If you are … Read more
What the Heck is GizmoSQL?
Introduction In my last installment of this series, I asked, “What the Heck is dbc?”, and that led to a conversation with Philip Moore, another Voltron Data alumnus who has founded GizmoData, where he is working on some pretty fascinating projects. One is GizmoEdge, which I might write up in the future, and the other … Read more
The Death of the Click: Winning the Era of AEO
Most startups are still playing a 2010 game in a 2026 world. They obsess over “blue links,” keyword density, and SERP positions while the floor is falling out from under traditional search. Gartner recently predicted that search engine volume will drop 25% by 2026 as users migrate toward AI-generated summaries. To survive this shift, brands … Read more
Dogecoin breaks support as year-end selling drags DOGE to $0.123
Open interest rose above $1.5 billion, indicating futures traders’ continued exposure.
XRP price slips to $1.85 as key support gives way
Technical analysis suggests a defensive market stance, with XRP struggling to reclaim resistance levels and momentum indicators showing oversold conditions.
Iranian protests over currency collapse show why Bitcoin’s needed: Bitwise CEO
Widespread protests took place in Iran’s capital after the rial slid to record lows, prompting Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley to argue Bitcoin could help Iranians protect their savings.
Is Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle broken — and if so, where to next?
Analysts are split on whether Bitcoin’s typical four-year cycle has ended in 2025, with institutional ETFs and regulatory shifts cited as key factors.
Dragonfly managing partner lays out his 2026 crypto predictions
The venture capitalist argues 2026 will favor proven crypto infrastructure, while several fast-growing segments reshape how the industry expands.
Australia’s search ID goes into force, Ireland lobbies to ban anonymity
America has recently taken steps to dissuade foreign governments from censoring US-based platforms, including the proposed GRANITE Act and sanctions against five EU officials.
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Fake Coinbase support scammer allegedly stole $2M from users
An Investigation from ZachXBT traced the suspect through posts gloating on social media and Telegram activity.
Hacking Washing Machines [video]
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LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that’s been dominated by Samsung’s The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Gallery TV. The TV will leverage the Gallery+ service that LG released earlier this year, which includes thousands of … Read more
Gemini 3 Arrives as Google Pushes Beyond Autocomplete
Antigravity is a workspace where agents can act across tools with enough structure and traceability for developers to audit what happened and why.